Eyeing Me? You're Welcome to Try

"Chapter 21: Eyeing Me? You're Welcome to Try"

"Something's wrong. According to previous records, the Corpse Spot Anomaly should be Level 7. But judging by its aura now, it seems to be Level 6. Why did its level drop?"

The Director said in astonishment.

"I don't know either."

Luo Mu hurriedly turned back, then held up his headset and said to Chen Yu, [Mr. Nightfall, this is the Level 7 Anomaly, the Corpse Spot Anomaly. I just don't know why it recently became Level 6. A Level 6 Anomaly is extremely powerful. You must be careful. Our Investigation Bureau will immediately send people to rescue you!]

[You absolutely must not come into contact with it, or you'll be infected by corpse spots. Just hold it back for...]

By the time Luo Mu relayed this information to Chen Yu, it was already too late.

The Corpse Spot Anomaly was incredibly fast and rushed before Chen Yu in the blink of an eye.

The moment it touched Chen Yu's body, patches of dark brown corpse spots appeared across the arm it had touched!

Immediately after, Chen Yu felt his arm turn numb and freezing cold, losing all sensation in an instant, like a corpse's arm that had been chopped off with an axe.

"Fuck! Disgusting!"

Chen Yu hurriedly retreated. A bloody gleam lit up in his right eye.

A scarlet little snake swam within Chen Yu's right eyeball, instantly filling the white of his eye and spreading toward the skin around the corner of his eye!

The next moment!

A black clock-hand mark appeared in Chen Yu's eye.

After the clock hand of the Time Ghost Eye rotated around once without any pattern, it stopped at twelve o'clock.

Chen Yu used the Time Ghost Eye to stare at his arm infected with corpse spots.

Tick!

The strange clock hand within the Time Ghost Eye bounced back once!

The corpse spots on his arm rapidly faded, returning it to how it had looked before infection.

But the Corpse Spot Anomaly was terrifyingly fast.

Chen Yu had only just restored his arm when his other arm was touched.

Corpse spots began spreading across his other arm, and they spread even faster.

The Time Ghost Eye spun counterclockwise and jumped once.

The corpse spots on his other arm instantly faded as well.

The reason Chen Yu had not attacked proactively was because he had yet to figure out the Corpse Spot Anomaly's true nature.

Now, he had discovered it.

The Corpse Spot Anomaly relied on the corpse energy in its body to infect others and turn them into its walking corpses!

What shocked Chen Yu was this.

Every time he reversed the corpse spots, it consumed a considerable amount of mental energy!

That also meant the Corpse Spot Anomaly had some real power!

"Can't touch you? Then I'll have the Headless Ghost Shadow deal with you!"

Previously, he had relied on the Headless Ghost Shadow to click open the chat box that Ghost Controllers had not dared touch, thereby resolving the Anomaly Computer.

Now, he could still use it.

After activating the Headless Ghost Shadow's Anomaly Ability.

Chen Yu's shadow instantly stood up from beneath him, then charged at the Corpse Spot Anomaly!

The Corpse Spot Anomaly's shadow was infected by the Headless Ghost Shadow. Both shadows stood up and rushed toward the Corpse Spot Anomaly.

Unfortunately, that Corpse Spot Anomaly was covered in corpse energy!

It worked not only on people, but even on shadows!

The moment the Headless Ghost Shadow and the Corpse Spot Anomaly's shadow touched the Corpse Spot Anomaly, their arms stiffened, leaving them unable to move!

"You're pretty capable, huh!"

It was Chen Yu's first time encountering an opponent with some difficulty. His desire to fight rose, and a smile appeared on his lips.

The stronger the Anomaly, the more he liked it!

Because after he devoured it, its Anomaly Ability would become even stronger!

The Corpse Spot Anomaly could never have imagined that Chen Yu was actually thinking of eating it.

Chen Yu hurriedly used his right eye to stare at the Headless Ghost Shadow. After reversing time by a few seconds, the Headless Ghost Shadow returned to normal.

"Come on, let me see just how strong you are."

Ever since completing two-eighths of the Jigsaw Anomaly, Chen Yu had not tested its abilities yet!

He reached out, and a gleaming Ghost Butcher Knife appeared in his hand.

The next moment!

The Headless Ghost Shadow surged toward Chen Yu like filthy black water, wrapping around his entire body.

Wrapped in the Ghost Shadow, Chen Yu's entire body was dyed black!

The Ghost Butcher Knife in his hand resonated with the Headless Ghost Shadow as well. A dark shadow covered the bright blade!

[You have successfully used the Jigsaw Anomaly Ability of the Headless Ghost Shadow and the Ghost Butcher Knife.]

A notification appeared on his phone.

Chen Yu felt his body fill with strength. The Ghost Butcher Knife in his hand seemed capable of cutting through everything in the world!

Ghost Shadows came and went without a trace, impossible to catch. They could hide themselves in darkness at any time, but while Ghost Shadows had powerful concealment abilities, their offensive ability was relatively weak.

The Ghost Butcher Knife, on the other hand, was a devastating weapon. Together, they directly made up for each other's shortcomings.

Chen Yu, transformed into a Ghost Shadow and wielding the Ghost Butcher Knife, became like a phantom. No one could even catch a glimpse of his shadow.

In half a breath, Chen Yu rushed before the Corpse Spot Anomaly.

The black Ghost Butcher Knife in his hand flashed across the Corpse Spot Anomaly's neck.

Slash!

With the Ghost Shadow's concealment and assassination ability combined with the Ghost Butcher Knife's offensive power.

Before the Corpse Spot Anomaly could react, its head left its neck, flew high into the air, landed on the ground, rolled a few times, and tumbled into a corner.

Its body still retained the motion of charging toward Chen Yu, but it had already stiffened.

After its head left its body, the rigid corpse crashed to the ground!

The corpses outside assaulting the Investigation Bureau's vault were like lamps whose plugs had been pulled. The dim glow in their eyes vanished one after another, and they collapsed lifelessly to the ground without moving.

When the soldiers lurking in the shadows saw the corpses charge toward the Investigation Bureau's vault, they immediately reported the situation and requested reinforcements.

Then they prepared to rush forward and hold those corpses back first.

But just as they poked their heads out of the woods, those corpses collapsed to the ground.

One head after another inexplicably separated from its neck, while streams of blood shot into the sky.

The scene was incomparably horrifying!

They turned to look at the Corpse Spot Anomaly whose head Chen Yu had severed with a single slash, their faces filled with shock and disbelief.

What the hell was going on?

Since Chen Yu had killed the Corpse Spot Anomaly outside the entrance, and the soldiers were also outside the Investigation Bureau's vault, the surveillance cameras did not cover this area.

Luo Mu and the Director, seated in the Investigation Bureau's monitoring room, paced back and forth anxiously like ants on a hot pan, terrified that something might happen to Chen Yu.

Luo Mu picked up his headset and urgently asked the soldiers stationed outside, "How is it? Is Mr. Nightfall all right? Has the vault been breached? Where's the Corpse Spot Anomaly?"

Upon hearing him, the soldier captain picked up his radio. Still visibly shaken, he said in a trembling voice, "Reporting to headquarters, the Corpse Spot Anomaly has been dealt with. The danger has been eliminated..."

Even he did not believe what he was saying.

"What did you say? It was dealt with?"

Luo Mu and the Director inside the Investigation Bureau were stunned.

The Corpse Spot Anomaly had only just appeared. How had it already been dealt with?

This was an Anomaly that even the Investigation Bureau currently had a headache over and no way to handle.

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes... Mr. Nightfall cut off the Corpse Spot Anomaly's head..."

The soldier captain said.

"This..."

This time, Luo Mu and the Director could no longer sit still.

Such a powerful Corpse Spot Anomaly had been killed by Nightfall just like that?

It had not even been a minute!

They had not even dared release a bounty for this mission yet.

The Investigation Bureau had even stationed heavy guards nearby, afraid that humans would enter the area and be killed by the Corpse Spot Anomaly.

[Mr. Nightfall, thank you so much! You've eliminated a great scourge for our Investigation Bureau!]

The Director was the first to recover. He snatched Luo Mu's headset and hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

"No need to thank me. It was nothing."

Chen Yu waved his hand, put away the Headless Ghost Shadow and Ghost Butcher Knife, then glanced at the corpse on the ground.

He walked to the corner, picked up the Corpse Spot Anomaly's dead-eyed head first, then said, "I killed this Corpse Spot Anomaly, so I'll be taking it with me."

What use was leaving the corpse behind? Wouldn't it be better to take it?

The Director had forgotten that Chen Yu could not see him and nodded rapidly. [Sure, sure. It's yours. Take it with you.]

After picking up the head, Chen Yu dragged the corpse up as well.

This was a Level 6 Anomaly!

Chen Yu licked his lips. As he dragged the Corpse Spot Anomaly's corpse out, he had already started eating it.

Squish!

With one bite, blood splattered everywhere, coating Chen Yu's entire face and adding a terrifying mystery to features that were already impossible to make out.

Crack!

Chen Yu crushed and chewed up the bones. Amid repeated swallowing sounds, they entered his stomach.

Dragging the corpse along the way left a bloody trail and one bloody footprint after another behind Chen Yu.

Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

The soldiers were silent as cicadas in winter. When they saw Chen Yu walk out, they hurriedly stood on both sides of the road with reverence and terror, making way for him.

All along the way, they watched him leave in solemn silence, not daring to breathe loudly.

When others saw an Anomaly, their first reaction was to run.

Only Chen Yu...

When he saw an Anomaly, his first reaction was to go at it.

And after going at it, he even ate it!

Fortunately, Chen Yu had no designs on them.

Otherwise, they would probably have been scared pissless.

He ate as he walked.

When Chen Yu swallowed the Corpse Spot Anomaly's final toe.

The Corpse Spot Anomaly's corpse turned into a stream of energy that filled Chen Yu's limbs and bones before finally all merging into the Ghost Butcher Knife!

[The Ghost Butcher Knife has successfully upgraded from Level 6 to Level 7!]

[The upgraded Ghost Butcher Knife has further enhanced your Anomaly Ability.]

[When you use the Slaughter Ghost Domain, you can see more clearly.]

[While wielding the Ghost Butcher Knife, your combat strength has become greater.]

[The compatibility between the Ghost Butcher Knife and the Headless Ghost Shadow has further increased.]

Only after the Ghost Butcher Knife finished upgrading did Chen Yu rub his bloated stomach.

The Corpse Spot Anomaly tasted strange, like expired cheese.

Its brain was undoubtedly the tastiest part, carrying a faint buttery flavor mixed with blood.

"I thought this Corpse Spot Anomaly would taste terrible. I didn't expect it to taste far better than those Anomalies I'd eaten before."

Only then did Chen Yu take out the Funeral Shroud and begin examining it.

That Corpse Spot Anomaly had clearly come for the Funeral Shroud.

Could this Funeral Shroud have something special about it?

Chen Yu carefully sensed it and even activated his Ghost Domain to inspect it.

Because he had eaten the Corpse Spot Anomaly, he could actually sense the Corpse Spot Anomaly's aura on the Funeral Shroud!

And that aura was rather dense. It was not emitted by the Funeral Shroud itself.

It was more like it had been absorbed into it.

"The Investigation Bureau people just said that the Corpse Spot Anomaly was originally Level 7 but somehow became Level 6. Could it be because the Funeral Shroud absorbed its corpse energy?"

Chen Yu carefully examined the Funeral Shroud.

There were traces of corpse spots on it.

And the corpse spots were slowly fading from the Funeral Shroud.

As though they were being absorbed by it.

The Funeral Shroud's own strange power and the Corpse Spot Anomaly's power were struggling against each other.

The two powers pushed and pulled, canceling each other out, which was why the Funeral Shroud appeared so ordinary.

That was also why it had lain in a corner of the Investigation Bureau for so long without anyone discovering anything unusual.

"This Funeral Shroud isn't simple. It can actually contend with corpse spots. You have to know, the Corpse Spot Anomaly was a Level 7 Anomaly."

As if he had found a treasure, Chen Yu fixed his right eye firmly on the Funeral Shroud.

The clock hand within his eyeball slowly rotated.

Tick!

Tick!

Tick!

A baffling scene appeared.

The corpse spots clinging to the Funeral Shroud were gradually worn away by the shroud's aura.

In the end, the corpse spots vanished completely.

As the Time Ghost Eye accelerated time, the Funeral Shroud rapidly aged.

Its surface became worn and tattered, while its stitching began to shrivel.

[Congratulations, you have found the Ghost Shroud.]

[Ghost Shroud: Level 7 Anomaly.]

[Potential Value: Eight Stars.]

Ghost Shroud?

Chen Yu licked his lips, then bit down on the Ghost Shroud.

Rip—

A tearing sound rang out as Chen Yu bit off a piece of the Ghost Shroud.

Chew, chew!

A rotten stench filled his mouth. Chen Yu felt as though he were chewing tough taffy; it was difficult to bite through.

In the end, he swallowed the entire Funeral Shroud.

The Funeral Shroud turned into a wisp of energy that filled Chen Yu's limbs.

[Congratulations, you have devoured the Ghost Shroud.]

[Ghost Shroud Ability: Can absorb Anomaly attacks.]

"Absorb Anomaly attacks?"

Seeing the prompt, Chen Yu more or less understood why there had been corpse spots on the Funeral Shroud.

It turned out that the Corpse Spot Anomaly had attacked the Funeral Shroud back then, and the shroud had absorbed the attack. That was why corpse spots had appeared on it.

A Funeral Shroud capable of absorbing Anomaly attacks was equivalent to giving Chen Yu another layer of protection.

"Right!"

Chen Yu suddenly had an idea. "Can the Ghost Shroud's Anomaly Ability be used together with the Corpse Spot Anomaly's Anomaly Ability?"

Even if the Headless Ghost Shadow and the Ghost Butcher Knife were not puzzle pieces, they could still be used together.

Could the Ghost Shroud and the Corpse Spot Anomaly be used together as well?

The next moment!

With a thought, he activated the Ghost Shroud.

Chen Yu's clothes faded away at a visible speed, turning translucent amid a hazy glow.

In the end, they became a pitch-black, eerie Funeral Shroud.

Chen Yu spread his hands, looked himself over, and said with a smile, "It fits quite well. Not bad."

A living person wearing a Funeral Shroud and saying it fit well—how terrifying did that sound?

If a passerby happened to walk by, they would probably be scared into wetting their pants.

After activating the Ghost Shroud's Anomaly Ability, Chen Yu moved his thoughts again.

One of the Anomalies on his body was instantly triggered!

The next moment!

The Ghost Shroud became covered in all kinds of dark brown spots.

This was the Corpse Spot Anomaly's Anomaly Ability. It could infect others with corpse spots; everything it passed could be infected, and even if something could not be infected, the spots were still highly poisonous!

Now, the Ghost Shroud was paired with corpse spot poison.

One could absorb Anomaly attacks, while the other could poison enemies. It could attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

Wasn't this basically the same as wearing a suit of thorn armor?

Chen Yu put away both Anomalies.

(End of Chapter)